But it is an option, even if it's a bad one. That's a pretty sizable chunk of change just to upload your book to Apple. But in my area at least they seem to be hovering around the $500 mark. If you don't have a limited budget, Craigslist and eBay have several second-hand Macs available. Now what?ġ.) Buy a "cheap" second-hand Apple computer (Other eBook stores such as Kobo, Aldiko and Sony also exist but their percent of market share is essentially a rounding error.)īut let's say that despite all that you insist on self-publishing your eBook in Apple's iBookstore and you don't have a Mac. Sources: 1, 2, 3)Įither way, Amazon and B&N are the giants of the eBook industry, with Google starting to slowly chug along. It appears that Apple may have as much as 22-24% of the eBooks market when we're talking about downloads but only about 10% when we're talking sales. (It should also be noted that the answer varies if you look at the number of books downloaded instead of the number of books sold. Sources vary, but it is generally accepted that Apple has about 10-25% of the eBook market, which is a small but not insignificant share. One thing to consider is whether or not you want to bother publishing your eBook with Apple in the first place. Of a percentage of your profits, if you have any. Or, you could use an eBook distributor such as Lulu or Smashwords, who will upload and distribute your eBook 'for free', but at the cost.
#PUBLISHING A BOOK FROM PUBCODER TO ITUNES MAC#
You could buy a secondhand Mac but that might be a bit much to invest in just to submit your eBook to Apple.Don't bother with Apple iBookstore unless you really, really want to because their market share is very small, albeit not insignificant.
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